Maintenance Technician - Mechanical

The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is simple: to strengthen communities through responsible energy.

We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Mechanical Technician to join our Operations and Maintenance team in Mount Isa Qld on a 12 month max term basis  

Reporting to the Team Leader you will work with all team members to safely perform maintenance activities at DPF.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the safe and efficient operation of high-pressure natural gas and steam systems, including conditioning monitoring.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the assets and practices of APA both locally
• Maintain & operate equipment in accordance with the scheduled work plan to ensure the capacity, availability and reliability of the power assets.
• Ensure all maintenance data is recorded and available for analysis and audit by writing detailed reports and other correspondence
• Maximise field time, equipment uptime, completion of preventative maintenance and minimise reactive maintenance and breakdowns. 
• Contribute to the safety culture in accordance with APA’s HSE procedures.

Your background

• Relevant Australian recognised trade certificate
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in similar operational environment
• Significant power station experience, training to be provided.
• Working knowledge of gas/steam turbines and reciprocating generators  
• Able to obtain a clear police clearance

About the Team

The Operations & Maintenance team exist to safely operate APA Power, Transmission, Midstream and Network assets in an efficient and cost-effective manner to enable APA to achieve its business strategy and goals, extract maximum value from its assets, and deliver value for its customers.

To help APA Securing Australia’s Energy Future, the Operations teams focus is on Our People, Operational Excellence and Creating Value. We are also making great strides towards achieving our net zero ambition, enabling APA to be world class in energy solutions. 

This is an exciting time for the team, we need people who are courageous, nimble, and ready to make an impact.

Working at APA

At APA we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We’ll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.  

We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA 

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. 

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $27 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia.
And we own over 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to families and industry across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and their businesses offering reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers.

We prioritise sustainable outcomes so that APA, our people, customers, and communities can thrive – now and in the future.

Join our team and be part of Australia’s energy transition! 

We’d love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priorty. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.